At Center Parcs, we offer a more peaceful way to get away.
Set within acres of protected and enhanced forest, our villages combine exceptional leisure experiences with space to unwind, switch off sooner and spend quality time together. Closer to home and further from the everyday, Center Parcs helps people reconnect with what matters most.
Center Parcs operates five villages in the UK and one in Ireland:
• Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire
• Elveden Forest, Suffolk
• Longleat Forest, Wiltshire
• Whinfell Forest, Cumbria
• Woburn Forest, Bedfordshire
• Longford Forest, Ireland
Each village is set within a forest environment, typically around 400 acres in size, and offers high-quality accommodation in fully equipped Apartments and Lodges nestled amongst trees and streams.
Each village features hundreds of indoor and outdoor activities, a wide choice of restaurants, bars and retail outlets, and the award-winning Aqua Sana Spa. Woodland, water and nature remain at the heart of every Center Parcs break, creating space to unwind and time to reconnect while the forest sets the pace.
Having revolutionised the holiday market in the Netherlands more than 30 years ago, Center Parcs brought its unique short-break concept to the UK with the opening of Sherwood Forest in 1987. Since then, the brand has become synonymous with exceptional short breaks in forest locations, helping millions of guests spend less time travelling and more time together.
Today, Center Parcs is the leader in the UK short-break market, offering a distinctive experience that combines adventure, relaxation and meaningful moments in nature, with everything guests are craving closer than they think.
Blackpool Pleasure Beach is the UK’s favourite award-winning amusement park, with rides and attractions, spectacular shows found throughout its 42-acre site making it the world’s most ride intensive park.
Home to the steel mega-coaster that is the Big One, the UK’s only Nickelodeon Land and the world’s first Wallace & Gromit ride, Thrill-O-Matic, Blackpool Pleasure Beach is full of world firsts.
The world’s first looping rollercoaster, Revolution; the world’s first fully-suspended coaster, Infusion; the world’s largest dark ride, Valhalla and the one of the world’s oldest rides, Sir Hiram Maxim’s Flying Machines.
Blackpool Pleasure Beach has one of the best collections of “woodies” in the world with the Big Dipper, one of Europe’s only twin-tracked rollercoasters in the Grand National, the twisting and turning Wild Mouse, the bright and exhilarating Nickelodeon Streak and it’s smaller sister, the Blue Flyer making up a fine selection of heritage coasters you will ever see.
This is before you see the “steelies”, from the iconic Big One to the Steeplechase; the amusement park is a mecca for adrenalin junkies who like their excitement fast and furious. Sitting in the shadow of the Big One, Infusion is a heady mix of speed, twists, turns and sensations, which unleash emotions, only a coaster enthusiast can explain.
Family thrills and memories that will last a lifetime are assured and there is plenty to keep all ages amused on the 42-acre attraction. Nickelodeon Land opened in 2011 and is home to 12 amazing rides, a whole host of Nickelodeon characters themed around the world’s number one children’s entertainment channel.
The park also plays home to the spectacular Hot Ice Show from the Pleasure Beach Arena. Take your seats in the theatre for a glamorous, fast moving ice show packed with hundreds of sequin-studded costumes and incredibly daring lifts.
Cotswold Outdoor started life in 1974 as Cotswold Camping and has become hugely popular, renowned for stocking a comprehensive range of high quality outdoor clothing and equipment.
The company has grown from a small outbuilding in the Cotswolds to an award winning multi-channel retailer with stores nationwide.
The company prides itself on having knowledgeable staff that can offer friendly and useful advice and are passionate about outdoor pursuits.
Cotswold Outdoor has a philosophy of supporting local communities and wherever possible the company actively seeks opportunities to engage with relevant clubs / organisations / societies.
Whoever you are and whatever you need, when you shop with us you can be assured of expert, award winning service and advice that comes from 40 years of experience in retailing.
Cotswold Outdoor have a huge range of footwear, waterproof jackets and outdoor clothing, plus tents, sleeping bags and outdoor accessories, all from brands like The North Face, Rab, Haglofs, Jack Wolfskin, Berghaus, Helly Hansen, Mountain Equipment, Scarpa, and Merrell.
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